Combined package and serving container



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COMBINED PACKAGE AND SERVING CONTAINER Filed NOV. 12, 1941 INVENTOR.

me/mE/v 16. 514/? row BY flow/2R0 M. SNELL imirw Patented May 28, 1946 COMBINED PACKAGE AND SERVING CONTAINER I Warren H. Barton, Prince Bay, Staten Island, and

Howard Snell, Rockville Centre, N. Y.

Application November 12, 1941, Serial No. 413,130 1 Claim. ((1206-46) This invention has relation to the packaging and serving of food products and comprehends an improved container which, while not necessarily restricted to such use, is primarily designed as a package for dry cereals and when opened is adapted to function as a serving bowl for the cereal and for milk,-cream, berries or other fruits which are usually served therewith.

A primary object of the invention is to provide a combined package and serving container of the indicated character in which the body and cover are so constructed and arranged when in closed relation as to prevent undue freedom of movement of the contents so as to avoid breaking up of the flakes, shreds or other forms of cereals, while providing, when the cover is. re-' moved, suflicient space within the body for accommodating cream, milk, berries or other fruits be nested together with similar packages for occupying a minimum amount of space for storage and shipment.

More particularly the invention resides in a package and serving container wherein the cover,

when removed from the body, serves as a saucer within which the body is arranged and which coverand body are constructed of an inexpensive material adapted to be discarded after use.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention is set forth in greater detail in the following specificationand illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing in which:

Fig. l is a perspective view of a combined packupstanding marginal wall H which tapers downwardly and is provided with an outwardly directed marginal flange II at its upper end.

. The body A is preferably constructed of paper, cardboard or any equivalent inexpensive mate'- rial and both the inner and outer surfaces thereof are coated with a liquid proof film l3 of wax or any equivalent material. The cover B which is also constructed of paper, cardboard or similar 5 inexpensive material, consists of a bottom l5 0! a size and shape to fit within the marginal wall I I of the body A a substantial distance below the All of the surfaces of the cover B are coated with a liquid proof film l9 such as wax,'with the exception of the undersurface of. the bottom l5 which is left uncoated for a purpose to be hereinafter set forth.

The coating of the body A and the cover B in'the manner previously specified, may be accomplished in variousways. For instance, the body A maybe initially immersed in a bath of molten paraflin wax and then removed so that all the surfaces thereof are covered with the film It.' A predetermined measured quantity of dry cereal or other equivalent food product 0, is then placed in the bottom oi the .body A and the uncoated cover B is applied by frictionally fitting the lower downwardly ofiset tapered portion thereof into the open downwardly tapered body A so that the outer periphery of the mar-- ginal wall It is impinged within the upper portion of the downwardly tapered marginal wall ll of the body A thereby disposing the'flange ll of the cover in contact with the flange I! of the 40 body. By thus immersing the closed container in a bath of molten paramn waxor the like, the exposed surfaces of the cover B will be coated with the film I'D, while the undersurfa'ce 20 of the bottom wall It is left uncoated due to the fact that it is located wholly within the container body A. This final immersion of the closed container in the wax effectually seals and preserves the contents until ready for consumption.

In use. it will be apparent that the downwardly an onset portion 01 the cover B confines the contents C in the lower portion of the body A between .the'bottom wall III, the marginal wall H thereof and the bottom walllt of the cover, thereby preventing the contents from having too free a movement which would tend to damage the same. It is also obvious that the downward ofisetting of the cover 8 afiords, when the cover is removed, a space within the container sumcover thereforandwhich is oi such a depth as cient for the accommodation of milk, cream, fruits or the like which are usually served with the, food content of the package. P As illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawing, the cover B is so constructed and arranged as to be useful after. removal as a saucer within which the container body A is'placed and the uncoated lower surface 20 provides a friction surface engageable with a table or other supporting surface which prevents undue slippage of the container thereon while the contents isbeing consumed.

What is claimed is:

In a combination packaging and serving container for food products to which a liquid is added when served, a container body including a bottom wall and an upwardly flaring marginal wall, and a combined cover and saucer defining member therefor including a bottom wall and an upstanding outwardly flaring marginal wall of an external size and shape to snugly fit within the upper portion of the container body to serve as a to confine the contents against undue freedom of movement while aflording when removed a space within the body for accommodation or the liquid added to the contents, said member also including an outwardly directed marginal flange at the upperend of the marginal wall and an upstanding rim at the outer edge of said flange and the flange being of appreciable greater diameter than the upper end of the body whereby when removed said member is adapted to serve as a saucer with the bottom portion of the body arranged on the bottom wall of the member and nested within the upstanding outwardly flaring marginal wall thereof and with the flange and its rim extending outwardly beyond the confines oi the upper end of the body to catch and retain contents of the container which may be spilled over the upper edge thereof.

7 w H. BARTON.

HOWARD M swam. 

